The Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty:
A) accepted the 49th parallel as the division between America and Britain in the West.
B) ended the war with Mexico.
C) granted the United States rights to the Gadsden Purchase.
D) legalized slavery in California.
E) organized Oregon as a free state.

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The Buchanan-Pakenham Treaty, signed in 1846, accepted the 49th parallel as the division between America and Britain in the West. This settled a long-standing dispute between the two countries over the boundary line between Oregon and British Columbia.